Special NoticePosted Jul 27, 2026·Responses due Sep 8, 2026

Request for Information (RFI) Computing Partnerships

Energy · SC OAK RIDGE OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541512
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
892431-26-RFI-0002
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
7B20
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Computing Partnerships (ComputingPartnerships@science.doe.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 892431-26-RFI-0002 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 27, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Jul 27, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 17, 2026 to Oct 17, 2026, middle of the range Aug 27, 2026.
Measured from 192 past early notices at Energy, Department of that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 27, 2026).
Responses are due Sep 8, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

DOE seeks input from respondents with innovative ideas for public-private computing partnerships that can advance our national interests, economic security, and national security. Respondents may also suggest criteria for evaluating proposed partnerships. Together, we can build the future of computing and ensure the United States remains at the forefront of scientific and technological discovery.

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Energy), same NAICS 541512.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP1$31.7MSep 30, 2025
KONIAG IT SYSTEMS, LLC1$3.5MNov 26, 2025
METAPHASE CONSULTING LLC1$2.2MJan 31, 2025
CYBERNAMIC LLC1$1.5MJan 31, 2025
VALTEQ LLC1$640KMar 4, 2025
AMERICAN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC1$14KJul 28, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 6 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Energy, Dept of since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Energy, Dept of job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 75 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.